Manila (Philippine Daily Inquirer/ANN) - A Kenyan woman was caught trying to smuggle nearly 10 kg of ¿shabu,¿ or methamphetamine hydrochloride, into the country from the United Arab Emirates on Friday, the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) said Saturday.Lina Aching Noah, 36, was arrested after customs inspectors found the illegal drugs, with a street value of about P45 million, in the lining of her luggage at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport, PDEA Director General Jose Gutierrez Jr. said.Noah, a suspected member of an African drug syndicate, arrived in the country at 7 p.m. on Friday on an Emirates flight from Dubai, Gutierrez said.The PDEA said that prior to her arrest, it had received a tip from a foreign counterpart agency about Noah, prompting agents to coordinate with the Bureau of Immigration and Bureau of Customs to intercept her.Noah is being held at the PDEA-National Capital Region detention facility.

They should just put her (with her drugs) on the next plane to China. I understand they have some tougher penalties for carrying drugs than the Philippines do.

HS;

I totally agree. I mean that. I personally believe drug pushers should face the death penalty. I know most do not agree with me but thats what I believe. It will not stop the drug trade but I will bet anyone a dollar to donuts that in countries with the death penalty the drug rate is a lot lower than in countries which are more progressive so called.

I totally agree. I mean that. I personally believe drug pushers should face the death penalty. I know most do not agree with me but thats what I believe. It will not stop the drug trade but I will bet anyone a dollar to donuts that in countries with the death penalty the drug rate is a lot lower than in countries which are more progressive so called.

the drug mules tend to be sad characters though

btw the Dutch figures of drug use are way below our surounding countries who have less liberal policies

meth of course is disgusting stuff but there are plenty of drugs that do not threaten the population healthy much or not more then legal drugs as alcohol do

Don't jump to conclusions guys...this sounds fishy...She boarded a flight from UAE, in Dubai, which has the most sophisticated Drug alert system in the whole wide world and are known to convict innocent passengers on fake drug bust to get incentive and many countries have issued notices on to be careful in dubai airport, they even convict you, if you have pain killers, if your bag brushes off with 0.003 micro grams of cannibis you will be put in prison...read here

Knowing how tough it is to smuggle drugs from UAE, why would drug syndicate use that airport and funny thing is, selling drugs in UAE would be 100 times profitable than Philippines pesos..drugs syndicates are evil but not stupid..they could have landed from Kenya itself to PH....

People just assume and stereotype everyone..just because she is from Africa does not mean she is mule...she might be an innocent victim..god save her soul if she is....

these drug mules should do a little research into what country which would treat them well if caught .look no further than the U.K 3 lovely meals a day t.v in your cell ,lots of activities paid work in jail oh yes and you,ll be out in a few years not life yes folks ya can,t beat the good ol U.K welcome to the holiday camp.